Railway-car.



N. G. VOSLER.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1911,

1,036,038, Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 311113.14, 1911.

Patented Aug". 20, 1912.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

N. G. VOSLER.

I RAILWAY GAR. APPLIQATIOH FILED MAR. 14, 1911 Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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N G. VOSLER.

RAILWAY GAR. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 1911.

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Epecificatt cn of Letters Patent.

Patented 21%,

Application filed. lfiereh 14, 1311. Serial Ito. Glitll).

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, Nov/Ton C. Vosmcia, of Minneapolis, Hennepincounty, Minnc sets, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Gare, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combination sleeping and parlor car and theprimary objectof the invention is to provide :1. car having roomy,accessible berths which, during the day, can be easily made up intocomfortable seats and lounges.

A "further object is to provide a car in which each berth. when made upwill be cut oil or screened fIOHl'iZl'lG other berths so that absoluterivacy insured.

A further object is to provide a cor having upper berths which arereadily blewithout the use of steps or ladders.

Qther objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims. m

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a plan view of a combined chair and sleeping car embodying myinvention, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view illustrating the berths made up for use as seats orlounges during the day, Fig. 4: is a sectional view showing the berthsmade up for sleeping purposes, Figs. 5 and. 8' are detail views of thehinged or pivoted back of the seat which, when the berth is made up,forms floorot the upper berth, Fig. 7 is a detail viewillustrashing thearrangement of the chairs and the manner of separating one chair fromanother, Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of an improved arrangement ofthe-window in the, car, Fig. 10 is a detail view showing" an improvedventilating device, Fig. 1.1 a plan view showing the berths made up,Fig. 12 is v a transverse sectional view of the berths, looking towardthe aisle of the car.

In the drawing, 2 represents the body of the cor, having a side entrance3 at one end and also preferably provided with a middle entrance l oneach side leading to a t'ansverse vestibule 5 which divides the carcentrally into two rooms or Qscctions. The transverse vestibule allowsconvenient access to the'middle of the "car, allowing passengers toenter or leave the car conveniently from seats or berths near the middleof it, and in case of accident the side entrances will be foundparticularly convenient. This transverse vestibule feature of the carforms the subject mzitter of e. companion application herewith and 1make no claim to the same herein. (in each side of the transversevestibule longitudinal aisles or passage-ways 6 and are provided,communicating with the vestibule 5 through door-ways 8. When these doorsare closed. the vestibule will be entirely cut oil" from each end of thecar and one end or the car may be chartered for private use while theother end may be open to the public. Each end of the car is pro videdwith the usual toilet rooms 9 and 10 and one of the co is preferablyprovided with a sn'iolring room ll. The seats in this car which form theberths at night are preferably arranged transversely of'the czar and, asshown in F l, are diagonal, or obliquely arranged with respect to thecor permit the use of a berth of greater length then would be ordinarilypossible if they were arranged at right angles to the longitudinal axleof the can This arrange ment of the berths also sheets a considerablesaving in'floor space, allowing room for a row of chairs and the aisle,which could hardly bepermitted it berths of this length were arrangedstraight across the car.

The berths consist of. ends 12' and a flat seat bed 13 supported bypanels 1% an 15 and by the end panel 12, the opposite en of the seat bedfit-ting snugly againstv the wall of the car. A back 16, which extendsverticolly from the sect bed 13, preferably at one side of thelongitudinal center thereof, forms the back rest for one side of theseat. This back has a suitable cushion 17 or it may be upholstered in asuitable manner, and u scat cushion 18 is provided to rest upon the seatbed 13. This back rest 16 is stationary. An arm rest 16' is providedthat is adapted to swing back against the stationary back rest .or itdrop down to a horizontal position, if preferred, when the berths aremade up When the berth is made up, another cushion corresponding tothe-cushion 18 is placed on the seat bed beside the cushion on the righthand side of the stationary back swung on the pivots 20 to f can bemoved inw door of the upper A movable back rest 19 is provided for eachsection, adapted to rest upon the seat plate 13 during the day, when theberth is used as a seat, and provided with loops 20 at their upper edgeswhich are adapted to receive and slide on pins 20 inserted in the wallof the car and the end panel 12. (See Figs. 3, 11, and 4.) The loops andthe pin form a sliding co section "to allow the back rest to drop doupon the seat bed and when it is raised a horizontal position it lly sothat one edge will overhang the stat; iary back rest.

A. cushion 21 is provided for the back rest 19 which has a flap 22adapted to cover the joint between the upper edges of the movable andstationary back rests. This movable backrest is composed, preferably, oflongitudinal and end rails 23 and 2 pivotally connected and adapted toswing on their pivots from a rectangular form, as sh own by fulllinesiii Fig. 6', to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6.This! is to allow the movable back rest to adapt itself for use as aback rest during the day and as the berth at night.

When the movable back is raised it is a horizontal pos'- tion and thenpushed inwardly until one edge is flush substantially with the edge ofthe seat bed, as shown plainl in Figs. 4: and 12. Sockets 25 are providein the wall of the car and the end panel 12 to receive bolts 25' mountedon the movable back rest. The pivotal connection between thelongitudinal and transverse rails of thisback rest allows the rest to bereadily adapted for its di iierent positions. During the day when it isin use as a back rest it will assume a substantially rectangular form,swung to a'horizontal position bottom of the upper berththe cross barswill swing on their I pivots to conform to the diagonal arrangement ofthe berth, as shown plainly in Fig. 11. Iregard thisconstruc- -tion ofthe movable back restas an impor- I taut feature of my invention,

A flexible curtain 26 is provided extending from one edge of the backrest-19 to the ,top of the car and eiiectually screening the upper berthfrom the lower one, an a similar curtain or wall 27 is provided-be tweenthe seat bed 13 on the side contiguous to theicushion 18, also extendingto the to of the car and screening the upper berth from the lower berthof the adjoining section, as plainly shown in Fig. 4. Suitable curtainsalso Will be provided, as usual, for

screening each section from the aisle of the car. In place of thiscurtain suitable partitions of any kind may be employed and still e ofmy invention. In case wooden partitions are provided to separate thesections from one another, the usual heavy curtains will be hung betweeneach be within the scop but when it is toform the! which may be powering one by a partition 31. t the chair may be adjusted to form a bedwith. the interior of the device, with the window tor, forms thesubject-matter applications and are not claimed in detail back restbeing adapted section and the aisle of the car. This arrangement allowsthe occupant of "the lower berth to dress or undress on the floor ofthecar with the same privacyas in an ordinary compartment car, and theoccupant of the upper berth may stand on the cushion 18 of the seat bedand have convenient access to the upper berth without the use of stepsor ladders, and this berth will also be ctlec tually screened from theside and will provide the same privacy as a section in a compartmentcar.

vl. prefer to provide suitable wash-stands 98 in connection with eachlower berth at the side of the car and other toilet conveniences, suchas mirrprs, and racks of various kinds fastened to or concealed in thewall of the car, may be provided. I have not thought it necessary,however, to illustrate this herein. The curtains 26 and 27 may bemounted on the movable back rest and the seat bed or they may bedetachable therefrom and folded up during the day and placed in thespace beneath the seat bed with the pillows and other bedding, itpreferred.

In Fig. Ll have shown a form of chair which I prefer to in this car,adapb ed for sitting up, or reclining, as desired consisting of seatportion 28 having an adjustable back 29 and a pivoted toot rest 36, eachchair being separated from the adjoin- As shown in lounge at night,being separated from the car aisle by a suitable curtain depei'idingbetween the chair or section and the i I also prefer to provide animproved form window in the Wall of the car, consisting a sash 32pivoted at 33 and adapted swing outwardly to an open contacting withstops 3% and when closed. The arrangement of this sash will serve todeflect dust and cinders and prevent them from. entering the car. I alsoprovide a ventilating-device in the top of the car, consisting of a :tan36 geared to a shaft- 37, driven or operated by means of propellers 38mounted in the root of the The fan 36 is preferably arranged in'achamber having trunks tfi which communicate through gratings ll car.This and the ventilw of separate of of herein.

I claim as my invention 1. A sleeping car berth comprising a seat bedhaving a stationary back rest mounted between the longitudinal edges ofsaid bed and a movable back rest, said movable to swing to a hori zontalposition to form the floor of the up per berth, said seat bed andstationary back rest being arranged diagonally in the car position andand extending transversely thereof, anti seitl. movable back rest beingcomposed pivotally connected side and. eml rails to allow it toaccommodate itself to the single of the stetionary back rest and. theside wall of the ear, means supporting said movable back rest in itshorizontal position, and partitions separating the upper and lowerberths of a section from the adjoining sections.

2. A sleeping car having a berth comprising a seat be disposedtransversely of the car and (flit nally therein, e stationary back restmounted thereon, an end. panel, a movable back rest having pivotalconnections it its upg-er edge with the car Welland with said pan l andcomposed of sitle and end rails capabl of oscillation on their pivots toadapts :l movable back east to the :1 gle at said itionai'y back respectto the ca? "all, said nlcshle hem: Le

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over and lows heel and a stationary back mounted thereon near the'midclle poi'tion 0 said heal, a movable back rest normal resting uponseat bed. and adaptecl to moved to a horiz ntal position. one lon itudi-:-a 1 ing on sea .l. ies, mo supporting the opposite iongitedinel edgeof said movable rest to form the ho om of the upper berth, said one sideof said stationary back rest fox-mi the ion/e1 berth and the opposite of1 )Stl forming a raised siiopoirt for onvcnient access to said upper hrth, and; suitable eni'tains separating upper and lower berths.

The con'ibination, with a can, of a comnetl seat and berth disposedtransversely c not diagonally with respect to the hereof and comprisingfist seat A an ens panel therefor, a stationary back mo. ted onsaid-seat bed, movable hack -oi'v'otally oonnectetl its ends i end paneland with the Wall of the ct adapted to to a. horizontal n with oneetlgeoverhanging the up per Ctfl e of said stationary back rest, meanssupporting the other edge oi saicl movable heel; i'est, said movableback rest foi'mi the hottoni or floor of the upper hezth, saiil statheel on one side of said stationary back .t'm'niing a step forconvenient access to upper berth, said seat btiil on the other SnlG ofsaid bfiCli rest forming the floor of the lower berth, and flexiblepartitions or eui'tai'ns separating said berths from the ad.- joiningsections.

:3. The combination, with a car, of a combined seat; and berth disposedtransversely llHi'Clii and diagonally arranged with respe i, to theWells of cm and comprising '1 stationary seetbed, hack rests providednear the middle of seat bed, one of saicl back rests being movable andcomposed of pivotally connected sections adapted to assume rhoinhoiclalform. and swing to a boilzontal position parallel substantially withbottom the upper berth, the seat bed he heath sani. movable back sectionWhen raised forming the lower berth, and suitable curment of said berthsin the car permitting seats and berths of greater length.

6. A railway csr having transversely arranged berths composed of seatbeds and stationery heck rests centrally arranged with. to heels,movable heel: rests side each stationary back rllv to a I. iespect heel.ole noriz' zo tally, in supetige snicl movable back heel; forming the j.upper berths and sail back of said svtionm Y7 "t having a slit L tsupper entl adapted to upweicly to a horizontal pop on to i of the up e1berth, the seat q form the botto n bed beneath said on vable bani: sti'orming suitable l' v i one non those of the in; Secllgng car berthcomprising i zincl a shimmery w en, a movable bsel; to horizontal posiat the upper berth, the seat e rest mounts adapted to in {OVER thebottom hel one do lltl statio ery heel: ionizing tl botte. 1 oi the LOberth anti the SPFLC lJL on opposite side of said stetionsnv xii-ch restforming a raised lie-or or the up om the combination, with a can", of?eel transversely thereof and having lanai-y back rest in'teimecliete toits longitudinal edges, a movable b ch" rest having one adapted to onsaicl seat bed and capable of swinging to a ho "ontsl 130-- sition andresting upon seitl stationary heel; rest to form the floor of upperberth, the seat heel beneath saitl movable back rest when raise-clforming the lower berth, anti saitt scat heel on the opposite side ofsaitl saitl seat bed and above the same to form the tains for saidberths, the diagonal arrange.

the o= .onis of the ing Jal'lll comprising :1 .nai ba el; rest th n, amov 'otal. con:

support w en the berth is mecle up to perinit convenient access to saiduppe berth, and

other side of said seat stationary back rest from said lower berth iforming a floor or standing room for. the oceupant of the upper berth,and means screening one berth from the other.

10. The combination, with a car, of a seei. bed having a back restin'terniediaie to its longiindinal edges, one side or said seal; bedforming the bottom of the lower berih, the bed forming standing room forto the upper berth, and means overhanging the said one side Oi? saidseat bed and forming the floor or boi'rioin of the upper berth.

11. A sleeping); ear having a berth coinprising a seat bed and astationary back rest mounted thereon, a movable bacl: rest disposed onone side of said stationary back restand adapted lo swing up to ahojrizoi ital position to form the bottom of the upper berth, the seatbed on one side of said stationary back rest forming the bottom of thelower berth and the seat bed on El opposite side of said bani; restbeing unobstructed and forming a raised floor or standing room i when.the berth made up to allow eonven ient access to the upper berth.

12. A sleeping ear having a berth comprising a seat bed, a stationaryback rest extending lengthwise 075 said seat bed and near the middleportion thereof, a movable back rest, the inner longitudinal edge ofsaid inevable back rest being pivotally and slidabl'y l supported, saidmovable back rest being cal pa-ble of swinging upwardly to a substanltially horizontal position and having a slid 1 ing movement on itspivots transversely of l the berth above said staiionar v back rest, isaid movable back rest forming, when 5 "raised, the floor ofjthe upperberth, andl means snpporl 'ng said back rest in its raised, i horizontalposi on.

13. a sleeping oer, a berth comprising i a transverse, stationary backrest and a seat bed on each side of said back rest, a mov-- able backrest provided on one side of said stationary back restv and having asliding, pivotal connection at its upper edge and adapted to swingupwardly to a substantially horizontal position with its inner edgeoverhanging the upper edge of said stationary back rest, said movableback rest "forming the floor or the upper berth, the seat bed on oneside of said stationary back rest formthe lower berth, and the seat bedon the other side of said stationary back rest forming a standing roomor raised floor for convenient access to the uoper berth, end partitionsseparating npger and lower berths from the adjoining sections.

A sleeping ear having a berth comprising a, transverse, szationary backrest and a seat bed on each side thereof, and end panels for said seatbeds, said panels having movable seecions, a movable baolr rest adaptedto swing; upwardly to a substantially horizont-al position, meanssupporting said movable back rest in its horizontal positi the seat bedbeneath said movable back rest forming the floor of the lower berth andsaid movable back rest forming when raised to horizontal position, theceiling of "he lower berth, and the door of she upper berth, the sea bedon the other side of said stationery back rest forming a raised floor orslandin room for access to said upper berth and said movable sectionallowing convenient access i-o said standing room, and snii'ableourtains for berths.

In Witness whereof, l my hand this have hereunto setlt-h day of March1911.

NEWTQN G. VGSLMJH,

Witnesses 2 Genevieve E. Sonnnsnn, EDWARD A. PAUL.

